Pronunciation: /bɪˈliːɡə/verb[with object] (usually as adjective beleaguered)1 Lay siege to: he led a relief force to the aid of the beleaguered city1.1 Put in a very difficult situation: the board is supporting the beleaguered director

Pronunciation: /pəˈrəʊl//ˈpar(ə)l/adjectiveLaw1 Given or expressed orally: the parol evidence1.1 (Of a document) agreed orally, or in writing but not under seal: there was a parol agreement

OriginLate 15th century (as a noun): from Old French parole 'word' (see parole).

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The officers were allowed to walk freely around the town. The parol agreement with their captors meant they would not try to escape. The ordinary sailors were not gentlemen and so could not be granted the same parole opportunity. A gentleman can give his word to another and will be expected to honor the agreement.

Words are a game. Sometimes I play alone, but you are welcome to play, too.

Pronunciation: /ɪˈməʊtɪv/adjective1 Arousing or able to arouse intense feeling: animal experimentation is an emotive subject the issue has proved highly emotive1.1 Expressing a person’s feelings rather than being neutrally descriptive: the comparisons are emotive rather than analytic

UsageThe words emotive and emotional share similarities but are not simply interchangeable. Emotive is used to mean ‘arousing intense feeling’, while emotional tends to mean ‘characterized by intense feeling’. Thus an emotive issue is one which is likely to arouse people’s passions, while an emotional response is one which is itself full of passion. In sentences such as we took our emotive farewells the word emotive has been used in a context where emotional would be more appropriate.

While my grandma could induce highly emotive reactions in most men, it was only grandpa she was drawn to, because he unrelentingly showed her abundant adoring, passionate and emotional response.

When the two were together, all rational considerations went overboard, though always within discrete boundaries, i.e. only in the privacy of their home, hotel room, ship's stateroom or shabby tent, never in public.

Pronunciation: /ˈɪnkʌlkeɪt/verb[with object]1 Instil (an idea, attitude, or habit) by persistent instruction: I tried to inculcate in my pupils an attitude of enquiry1.1 Teach (someone) an attitude, idea, or habit by persistent instruction: they will try to inculcate you with a respect for culture

Mosses are my favorite cespitose plants. Moss fills in gaps in rock walls, makes mats on trees and forest floors that look comfortable to sit on. It gets even more interesting when you get a magnified look at it. A large mat is made of hundreds or thousands of tiny individual plants.

Words are a game. Sometimes I play alone, but you are welcome to play, too.

Each spring the majestic oak made a mess of the front lawn, dropping its flower parts before the green leaves were fully out. All summer, though, the family enjoyed sipping tea in its arboreal shade. That is, until those pesky gypsy moth larvae came through, showering their droppings onto the lawn chairs and making tea unsafe to drink. There wasn't much shade then, either.

Lymantria dispar dispar has been a significant problem in Massachusetts in the past. Some summers looked more like winter with leafless trees all over.

Words are a game. Sometimes I play alone, but you are welcome to play, too.

The gossoon stood casually at the street corner. He was watching all the lasses passing by on the way to their school. Some few glanced back through their lashes as he boldly stared. He went no closer to the school knowing a nun would come out with her switch to chase him off.

Words are a game. Sometimes I play alone, but you are welcome to play, too.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License n. An armed gangster.Examples But to the uniformed men and women who crowded her living room, the lanky 29-year-old with a limp had the look of a gunman -- "a shotta," one of them told her. Madeleine Bair: Casualties on the Battlefield of the "War on Drugs"

Dennis is a shotta, or drug dealer, partnered with his best friend Noel, whose vibrant dialogue shows unyielding allegiance to his friend and the Brixton streets.

Words are a game. Sometimes I play alone, but you are welcome to play, too.

Pronunciation: /ˈɪdɪl/noun1 An extremely happy, peaceful, or picturesque period or situation, typically an idealized or unsustainable one: the rural idyll remains strongly evocative in most industrialized society1.1 A short description in verse or prose of a picturesque scene or incident, especially in rustic life.

Pronunciation: /ˈkrɪŋk(ə)l/verbForm into small surface creases or wrinkles: [no object]: Rose’s face crinkled in bewilderment [with object]: he smiled boyishly, crinkling his eyes (as adjective crinkled) a skirt in crinkled fabricnounA wrinkle or crease on the surface of something: there was a crinkle of suspicion on her forehead

OriginLate Middle English: related to Old English crincan (see cringe)

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His little bell did tinkle.The paper, he did crinkle.His shower, it did sprinkle.His skin, then did wrinkle.

Words are a game. Sometimes I play alone, but you are welcome to play, too.